tārakā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] 1 A star. --2 A meteor, falling star. --3 The pupil of the eye; saṃdadhe dṛśamudagratārakāṃ R. 11. 69; Ch. P. 5; Bh 1. 11. --4 N. of the wife of Bṛhaspati.

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1 A star. --2 A meteor, falling star. --3 The pupil of the eye; saṃdadhe dṛśamudagratārakāṃ R. 11. 69; Ch. P. 5; Bh 1. 11. --4 N. of the wife of Bṛhaspati.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

94

Texts Appeared In

31

DCS: a year's course

Semantic Classification

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1. Mahābhārata 18 19.1%
2. Liṅgapurāṇa 12 12.8%
3. Matsyapurāṇa 8 8.5%
4. Viṣṇupurāṇa 8 8.5%
5. Ānandakanda 7 7.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: tārakā

  narendrapatnī vimanā babhūva sā tamovṛtā dyaur iva magnatārakā

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: tārakā

  muktā saumyā mauktikaṃ mauktikeyaṃ tāraṃ tārā bhautikaṃ tārakā ca

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: tārakā

  sūryā viṣaghnī guṇakarṇikāmarā mātā suvarṇā suphalā ca tārakā